I can’t ever know what y’all are actually thinking, or why you’re thinking as you are.

I can, however, really think about what my actions, words, and unspoken expressions may convey to others.

I recently had an experience where I thought someone just kinda hated me for no good reason. I was getting very upset to the point that I started telling others that I couldn’t fathom what this other person had against me. It wasn’t until I actually thought back through all of my interactions with this person that clarity struck.

I got it.

I had been weird.

Admittedly, I had been very weird toward them.

If I were in their shoes, I think I would have reacted very similarly.

Suddenly… I get them. I get why they don’t “get me.” Why they may not think I’m awesome. Why they might think I’m a joke. Why they react to me the way they do.

It was an impressively enlightening experience for having spawned from such subtle human interactions.